Review the Patient's Vital Signs

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Patient's Vital Signs Review by Provider

You can review the vital signs of a patient using the Vital Signs panel that displays the patient's vital signs documented by the Intake staff. You can manage vital signs associated with the patient. Buttons and Checkboxes in Vital Signs Panel You can find the buttons and checkboxes for documenting patient details in the Vital Signs panel. Parent topic: Review of Intake Details by Provider

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Document Vital Signs

The provider reviews the vital signs added by the Intake staff on the Intake template and makes the applicable changes. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. On the SOAP template, expand the Vital Signs panel. Vital Signs Select Add. The age-specific vital signs template opens. Enter the necessary details on the template. Select Save. Note: Clear For Add is used to clear the existing data and add data. Select Close. To remove a record from the grid in the Vital Signs panel, select a record, and select Remove. Parent topic: SOAP Template

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Review of Vital Signs on the SOAP Template

You can review and update a patient's vitals signs documented by the intake staff, in the Vital Signs panel on the SOAP template. You can add multiple vital signs for a patient during an encounter. The Vital Signs panel displays the most recent value for each vital sign. Options for Vital Signs The Add button opens the age specific vital signs template based on the patient age and the Pediatric Age configuration on the Practice Configuration template. For more information on the Pediatric Age setting, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community, and download the Practice Configuration Template User Guide for NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine. Add Vital Signs on SOAP While examining a patient, you can add the patient's vital signs in the Vital Signs panel on the SOAP template. Edit Vital Signs You can edit the vital signs details entered during the intake process, in the Vital Signs panel on the SOAP template. Parent topic: Review of SOAP Details by Provider Parent topic: The Provider Wor

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Buttons and Checkboxes in Vital Signs Panel

You can find the buttons and checkboxes for documenting patient details in the Vital Signs panel. The following buttons and links are available in the Vital Signs panel. Button/Links Description Add Allows you to add information. Edit Allows you to review and make the required changes to the documented vital signs. Remove Allows you to delete a vital sign record. History Allows you to view the vital signs details in a tabular format. Graph Opens graphical views of the data based on the specialty and age of the patient. Historical information entered this encounter Opens the Vital Signs Historical template to record weight, blood pressure, and pulse. Parent topic: Patient's Vital Signs Review by Provider

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Edit Vital Signs

You can edit the vital signs details entered during the intake process, in the Vital Signs panel on the SOAP template. Open NextGen® Enterprise EHR. Open the SOAP template. In Vital Signs, select the vital sign record that you want to edit and select Edit. Note: If you need to update a vital sign, ensure that you are editing the required record, as multiple vital signs can be entered for the encounter. The Vital Signs template opens. Make the required changes to the vital sign. Select Save, and then select Close. Parent topic: Review of Vital Signs on the SOAP Template

NextGen® Adaptive Content Engine Help Enterprise 8.3.1

Vital Signs

You can add, edit or remove vital signs for a patient using the Vital Signs panel. In the Vital Signs panel you can view vital signs documented during this encounter. You can edit ot remove previously entered vital signs and enter new vital signs. The Vital Signs panel is also available on other office visit templates. The Historical information entered this encounter link opens the Vital Signs History template filtered to display only vital signs documented with patient's encounter. Using the History link, you can review the patient’s entire vital signs history on the Vital Signs History template. Using the Graphs link, you can view vital signs in graphical format on the age-appropriate VS Charts template. Vital Signs The vital signs templates are based on age. The age-appropriate template opens depending on whether the patient is less than two years old, equal to or greater than two years old, or an adult. The adult age is configured in the Pediatric Age section of the Practice Confi

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